I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

By doubting we come at truth.

By doubting we come at truth.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of...

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and...

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and...

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.